The TMA Group

Vanpool at The TMA Group

The TMA Group carried 66,042 vanpool boardings in FY2025 at $15.01 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Vanpool Franklin, TN
FY2025 boardings
66K
-11.8% vs FY2024
Cost per ride
$15.01
+59.7% nationwide $8.07
Subsidy per ride
$5.88
+106.8% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
60.8%
-12.8% nationwide 73.2%
Passenger miles
3.06M
average trip 46.32 miles
Operating cost
$991.1K
Vehicles in service
43
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
3.24
20.4K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through August 2026.

This year against the last five

Same months on one axis, so seasonality does not read as a trend

Annual boardings

Ten-year series

Cost

This service against every vanpool operator in the country.

Cost per ride

This agency against the national figure for the same mode

Fare recovery

Share of operating cost covered by fares

Directly operated and purchased service, FY2025

NTD reports these separately. An agency that contracts a service out reports the contract price, which bundles costs a directly operating agency reports line by line.

Service Boardings Passenger miles Revenue hours Operating cost Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery Vehicles
Purchased transportation — — — — — — — —
Directly operated 66,042 3,058,986 20,385 $991,071 $15.01 $6.33 57.8% 43

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Miles between failures

Revenue miles divided by mechanical failures. Higher is better.

Full series

Every year The TMA Group reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2025 66,042 3,058,986 809,345 20,385 $991,071 $602,858 $15.01 $5.88 60.8%
2024 74,910 3,764,259 745,398 18,249 $703,743 $490,822 $9.39 $2.84 69.7%
2023 78,792 3,623,502 724,959 18,023 $619,370 $543,346 $7.86 $0.96 87.7%
2022 77,626 3,342,485 623,156 16,332 $616,691 $467,743 $7.94 $1.92 75.8%
2021 80,958 3,517,708 553,593 14,624 $1,023,464 $425,990 $12.64 $7.38 41.6%
2020 118,269 4,608,112 628,419 16,144 $674,636 $515,989 $5.70 $1.34 76.5%
2019 122,935 4,882,310 595,221 14,440 $841,869 $647,763 $6.85 $1.58 76.9%
2018 107,212 4,440,169 526,330 13,347 $663,436 $624,965 $6.19 $0.36 94.2%
2017 96,721 4,199,806 476,738 10,930 $446,144 $591,617 $4.61 $-1.50 132.6%
2016 91,283 4,199,579 463,156 10,835 $252,280 $634,459 $2.76 $-4.19 251.5%
2015 73,182 3,072,006 428,955 9,633 $293,267 $746,711 $4.01 $-6.20 254.6%